Nothing is real in cardboard California

Just waking up brings you down

One lousy deal is cardboard California

You just can't survive in a make believe town



Lost in a city of little tin gods

Cold plastic people with phoney facades

How can you win when you look at the odds



You're running down a one way street

Nobody cares if you survive

Sometimes you beg or you don't eat

You gotta fight to stay alive

Hey, you're never gonna get away



Where 's the world you used to know

Where did all the good times go

Look around your hopes and dreams are gone

But like a fool you still keep hanging on



Music



Come and be a movie star

Come and drive a fancy car

Come and see, what you really are



Look in the mirror, mirrors don't lie

You're getting older, your time's past you by

You lost your shot to some younger guy



You're running down a one way street

Nobody cares if you survive

Sometimes you beg or you don't eat

You gotta fight to stay alive

Hey, you're never gonna get away



Nothing is real in cardboard California

Just waking up brings you down

One lousy deal is cardboard California

You just can't survive in a make believe town